August 1, 2025 • 20 mins
Bethenny is all settled in in FL and it feels GOOD. PLUS: Carrie and Aidan from And Just Like That
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
All right, So I am recording from my house in Florida,
and we came down early because Brin had preseason some
preseason sports stuff and doctor and get organized. But what's
funny is I wasn't dreading coming down. I wanted to
(00:34):
get settled. There's nothing like getting settled. And it has
been so many months of like what a circle jerk,
like that house that I've talked to you about before
drown me and this sort of like all the stuff
of all the brands and all the products. And because
I never waste, I would always be like, all right,
(00:57):
give this to that person, put this there, put this
in the city, put this in the Hampton's place, put
this in the guest bathroom. Put this so someone has
extra shampoos. And then when I was moving, it was
and I'm not a hoarder at all, I'm constantly getting rid.
When I was moving, it was daunting and overwhelming, and
it was just too much accumulated stuff, even from like
my first wedding, my second wedding, and when I tell
(01:19):
you I'm no one's more organized and no one gets
rid of stuff more than I do, it still was overwhelming.
Beyond it was like affecting my mental health.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
You know.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
So I was then going to the Hampton's for the summer,
and like it had become a dumping ground for all
the stuff. You don't want to let go of something,
and you're like, well, let me just put it over there,
let me put it in that house, let me put
it in the garage, let me put in the attic.
It's for Halloween, all that stuff. So during this move
I've been pretty relentless, and at each stop people.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Will say, wait, do you want to keep this for X?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
And I'm like get it out, like, get it out,
consign it, send it to charity, put it to Pashmark,
which goes to charity.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Like get it out.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
So the whole summer has been like when I got
to my place in the Hamptons, it was like that
was like had.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
To be done there.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
You know. I have a couple of places that are
for work kind of. I have a place in the
New York City that's like an office slash place that
I shoot.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Same thing in Miami.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
So like each place, I've been just moving in circles
and putting stuff in bags and put it to here,
put it to there.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Get rid of it.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
So This was the last stop on the stuff train,
and it felt good to get in here and get settled.
And I had been so meticulous about doing so much
via text and FaceTime. My team helped me, and I
would just be like dump it, dump it, put that there,
put that there.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
There were these.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Organizers that I'll post that were so amazing because they
kind of helped me design the house exactly as I wanted.
Like the house had I picked out all the furniture
and what I wanted and the designers were amazing a
like layout and concept. But when the organizers came in,
I was just relentless about what they should get rid
(03:07):
of and put where, and put that vase there, and
like I'm pretty good at like the placement of things
and where the tray goes, where the candle goes so
it doesn't look cluttered and it's not forced, and even
to every hanging piece of clothing. And when I got
here Sunday after a destination wedding, I was concerned that
(03:29):
I would be like activated again, like getting to another
place and then not sleeping for three days, and it
was the opposite. I got here and it was probably
like an hour and a half to unpack and.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Like I didn't. I was a little activated because I
was in a new house.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
But it just felt immaculate and perfect, and I really
couldn't believe it. Like the punch list was just usually
five pages long, was like hook on the back of
door in BRIT's bathroom. Like it was nothing. And I
feel so settled. And I have a whole new team here.
I have a whole new team here. I have a
security guy who drives, which is super helpful for I travel.
(04:07):
I'm going to the airport. He does driving in security
wherever I go. I have a woman that worked with
me on my show Money Court, so I knew that
she could help me. She's strong, she's kind, she's on it,
she's great. That was like plug and play. I met
a guy who kind of is running everything. I There
(04:28):
are three different garages at this house, so I took
one two car garage, which has like the vintage car
I restored, and it has flooring and storage and desks
and air conditioning and art and like that's where everyone
sort of hangs out when I'm not here. And then
I got an office nearby, so I'm trying to make
(04:48):
it so I don't have the same life I had
in Greenwich, which is impossible anyway, because that's that was
a whole different property.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
But in the sense that I just.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Don't want I don't want like operations headquarters to be
in the center of my house, which is what it was.
So I don't want anyone upstairs in my room, and
I don't want people just like around my house is
if I don't live here, like photographing things or doing
things or putting things. Like I was like, I really
just want everybody to like I need this to be
a place of peace. And you walk in here in
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the opposite of the house in Connecticut is when you
walked in there there it was a seventeen forty three
home and it had many different rooms and it was stunning,
and I designed it so beautifully, but like I never
knew where to be. So I think funk Shue is
(05:40):
super important in our homes people, no matter how big
or small. Because my Hampton's house was not big, but
the funk Shue was amazing. And even saying with my
city apartment, my Florida apartment, Miami apartment is amazing. So
like what I mean is in this case, when I
walked into my New York City apartment off that elevator
and Soho, which is one of my favorite homes ever.
(06:02):
You could understand the whole space you walked in and
it was like a kitchen was there, a living room
was there, like you were in the center of it.
You didn't feel like you were in some sort of
a labyrinth maze up a small staircase in a townhouse
where it's like narrow hallways but you're looking at something
like a wall when you walk in. Maybe even have
a backyard, but like you don't can't see it from inside.
(06:24):
Like you walked into that City apartment, you understood what
you were getting, and Connecticut was the opposite. You walked
into like a small mudroom, and then you walked into
another little like desk area outside a kitchen which was
very bright and windows everywhere, but the living room was
like off to the side, so you didn't feel like
you were the center of things or part of things
when you were in the living room. And I love
(06:45):
that about my Hampton's Place or my Miami place.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You walk in.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
It's why people gravitate towards a modern kitchen now like
it used to be, the kitchens were off to the
side and behind everything else like in the old days.
But why people are constantly in the kitchen is it's
like the center of the universe. And so for me
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that's a big thing psychologically. And if you walk into
the house and you can see the outside, like my
new house which is on the beach in the Hampton's,
you walk in and it had you walked into a wall,
you had to walk upstairs to see the water.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
And I was like, this, the water is the money shot.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
So we created just a door that was glass and
it wasn't even that big because you still need to
fit like rooms on left.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Or right of it.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
But it at least said we walk in and you
know the water's right in front of you, and it
makes a big difference. Not to mention my bedroom is
to the right of it and brings us to the left,
and my bedroom doors are always open so you can
see the water. But like, it makes your space bigger.
If you could see beyond the space, you could see
outside or through a window. You could take a small
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place and it'll feel big. It's why a small apartment
but on the water could feel twice the size of
a place, literally ten times the size literally ten times
the size. So this place in Florida is representing so
many things. You walk in and it's got massive ceilings,
light everywhere you see to the outside, it's just open
(08:24):
and fresh. And my friend points it out that people
are in their homes more ironically in a place like
Florida because it's so hot. So it's very much your
home is more important than like, I guess, your property
or something, which was interesting. So anyway, it's a beauty.
It's my most exquisite house I've ever owned. It's the
nicest property I've ever owned. And I have really beautiful places,
(08:44):
and my place in New York City was elite. This
is the nicest home I've ever owned, every inch of it. Like,
I'm so happy. But there's no clutter in there won't
be there never was, but there won't be stuff, and
it won't be the place for like headquarters. So I
just I think I'm going to get calmer, happier, less activated.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
I used to be a mess.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
If I was going away, I would have to like
go through all the stuff, get rid because I knew
when I got back it was going to be like
daunting and overwhelming. And now forget that I've told every brand,
don't send me anything nothing. But also if they do
happen to something gets through, it's going to go to
an office. So I just feel calmer, like super calm. Okay,
(09:31):
let's just discuss what's going on this summer.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Now.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
One would say I'm partially to blame. I've contributed to this.
I've posted about and made famous chicken salad at this
one place in the Hamptons, and the item that I
mentioned before was good, but not as good as like
everyone's making it. But I remember going to Nantucket the
last couple of years and finding it a bit insufferable
(09:55):
in the town. Like in the town, it's suffocating on
a weekend, and most people are there on a weekend.
And so now wealthy people have bought homes in a
place where they are prisoners in their own homes because
they could barely walk around their own town. They could
do it, I guess a little more during the week
it's easier, but in months like July and August, which
(10:15):
in a place like Nantucket are critical because it's the
only time you can even fathom swimming, notwithstanding sharks. So
you have very wealthy people living in places like that
and it's packed to the rafters and you can't even
like do anything right. Traffic and people.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Okay, Hampton's same thing.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Sag Harbor used to be like the provincial cute town
on the water that had the kite store and little
places and then a coffee place, and it was like
a fine a treasure. Now sag Harbor has commercial stores.
It's universal studios. You need like a ticket for a turnstock.
I won't go into sag Harbor unless I have to,
(10:58):
And it's just a different crowd. It's just very like
bossy and complainy and loud and listen to who's talking.
But I honestly it's another level getting into the Hampton's.
The first Hampton is West Hampton. It's the closest to
New York City. There's a big town there too. It
is There are a lot of people from Long Island
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that are in West Hampton, and it's got its own
version of like pushiness and people can be a lot,
but the town is adorable and it's an hour and
a half from the city. So now what happens is
you go from West Hampton there are some smaller towns
and there's the Hampton Bays which is more year round.
But you go West Hampton, Southampton and then Bridge Hampton,
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then East Hampton, then Amagan's at the Montalk.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Going out all the way, and.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
That means if you get to West Hampton, it's an
hour and a half from the city without traffic. Montalk
is like three hours from the city without traffic, so
with traffic it could be five hours to get to Montalk.
Point I'm making is these are towns on the ocean.
They have beautiful homes, they have great restaurants. Montalk or Amagansett,
(12:08):
which is another hour once you've come in, and one
would say that it's more exclusive. That is absolute fake
news because Montalk is anything but exclusive. Montalk has become Coachella.
So sag Harbor is like right in the middle of
all that, in between all of that. Sag Harbor's not
in the ocean, so I didn't bring it up as
one of those towns, but it's off, you know, towards
(12:29):
the Bay. So sag Harbor, though, is central between like Montalk.
Let's say in West Hampton and it's a fucking zoo.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
So I live closer to the city. I moved.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
I used to be in Bridge Hampton, and people were like, well, wait,
don't you want to be in the middle of it all?
And after this summer in particular, the answer is, hell, no,
I don't want to be in the middle of it
all at all. And I found that Bridge Hampton was
it's a half hour further than Southampton. Again, why wouldn't
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you rather be close to the city. You still have beachfront,
you still have great restaurants. Why wouldn't you want easy
access to go to the city, to go to airports.
I'm getting to something here. Wealthy people have bought in
places like Nantucket and the Hampton's okay, Nantucket because it's
difficult to get to like a Saint Barts, you have
to take a ferry, so theoretically it's supposed to be exclusive.
(13:23):
Nantucket is no longer exclusive, So now all the way
east is supposed to be like you're going further out
and so therefore it's like more bougie and more exclusive.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
It's not. And there's nothing.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
You couldn't give me a house for free and I'm
against it, or East Hampton you couldn't. I don't want
to be in Bridge Hampton now because it's too far.
So what I'm getting at is wealthy people are nothing
if not smart and savvy. This is going to affect
the real estate market. I've been predicting this for like
ten years because I've seen the traffic progressively get worse
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every year, and we all, I'll complain about the traffic
every year, and we talk about how bad it is.
This is by far the worst year in Nantucket and
here by far, to the point where my own friends
are like, I try to get to sag Harbortown twice,
had to turn the car around, even with back roads, like.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
You literally have all clogged arteries.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
There are rich people that fly out there on planes,
but they can't fly to the store on a plane,
and many of them have staff, and yet they're gonna
so they're gonna stay at home. But like people do
want to go see something, buy something, eat something, try something,
experience something, have kids that want to do something, eat something,
try something. Rich people are gonna be like fuck this,
I'm fed up, and they're gonna want to go towards quiet,
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which is why, in the history of my having a
home in the Hamptons, I've never not been glued to
the Hamptons every second that I'm not working or that
I can be there, Like I'm never choosing to be
in New York City or anywhere else when I can
be the Hamptons.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
I've never done that.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Right now, I was in the Hamptons all summer, and
Florida is the hottest place in the world. I chose
to come down here to my house early because I
(15:23):
was like, the vibe isn't vibing, The Hamptons aren't hamptoning,
Nantucket isn't nantucketing, you know, and like people are chiming
in and saying tahoes like that too, means like that too.
I think the pandemic started people moving out of cities
and made these other places more desirable. But I think
that social media has like glamorized the Hamptons Nantucket and
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honestly made them look for people watching, like everyone's partying
in Nantucket and the Hamptons.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
It's really not.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Nantucket is a boring place like Nantucket, way more boring
than the Hamptons. There is like literally nothing to do.
I mean, yes, there's water you can you can't really
surf because of the sharks, but so there's you could
be on a boat. There are a couple of restaurants,
you could bike ride. It's very provincial. It's very like
Nantucket baskets. It's people going there and like cosplaying waspy
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like plaid and that type of stuff. But it's boring,
like you're two days and done, like you did it.
And if you're a creature of habit and you live
out there, you're seeing the same people every day. It's
sort of like it's good for young kids because they're
used to seeing the same people at school every day.
It's like camp. It's good for like college students, high
school students. They're gonna see the same people every day,
but they even get bored of it too. Like my
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daughter was there and she was like, yeah, it was great,
but like you see the same thing, You do the
same thing every day, go to the same ice cream store.
So I think social media has like glamorized and glorified
what these places are, and everybody else is going there
just like take a picture with the thing, or you're welcome,
take a picture of a viral food. But it's just
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there's been a shift, and I think there's gonna be
a real estate shift. I think there's gonna be a
deswelling of those places. I think more charming, cute, spread
out towns that are near something interesting are going to
get popular. And I think there are gonna be other
places that are gonna get built up and be more
popular because the whole world just can't go to twenty
(17:24):
five viral hip destinations. Okay, so people, I don't know
where I am in, And just like that, I did
not know. I didn't know that there were two more
seasons of Hacks. I didn't know that I missed a
season of and just like that, like sometimes you watch
and you think you're done and then you realize another
(17:45):
season has come. Okay, so here's why I like And
just like that, even though I am the only person
who likes it, I like it because they're going through
some issues that are totally relatable. Eight inch sheets on Carrie,
and like she kind of understands because she's an adult,
she's been through life. A twenty five year old, a
thirty five year old wouldn't understand. She kind of understands
(18:07):
why he went back and slept with his ex wife
because she understands that she's right now sleeping with her
ex boyfriend. And like it's just like they're older, so
they understand constructs differently, like she understands she can tolerate
a long distance situation like that. So far, it's completely unrealistic.
It makes no sense whatsoever. And it's a joke that
like they would have a long distance relationship she and Aiden,
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but like they're not speaking until they're supposed to speak
because he has to deal with his son. Like they're together,
but they're not speaking. It's bizarre, Like it's okay if
you're a part a lot because he used to be
the sun. But they're supposed to be fully together and
they're gonna wait till they can live together for five years,
but they're not gonna speak in the meantime. What but
they're together, And he then says to her he thought
they were being monogamous. They're gonna be monogamous for five years.
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It's just like all over it's very stupid. They're trying
to force modern things and it's insane. So Aiden also
was like ere like a donkey, like like it's like
she would never be with him. She didn't like him
for the pair ring years ago, but like now she's
Carrie Bradshaw. And even though the show had a line
(19:13):
about me, which was an insult by Sema. I still
I'm gonna support them, and actually like Seema's character, but
like the aiding characters, like like he's like Goofy at Disneyland,
Like she would never be into him, Like what are
you doing? Like stop this now? It like literally screams settling.
(19:35):
My husband died. I gotta grab the next person on
the earth that's the only other man that ever lived,
the man that I dated twenty years ago, Like get
the fuck out of here. I get it, but because
I've done it. But it's just like he's like more Goofy.
He's like a Lumberjack meets Goofy, Like she would not
be attracted to that. All of a sudden, she's gonna
want to live in like the sticks. It's just like,
please stop. So the show is stupid, but I like it,
(19:56):
if that makes any sense. Walk back to a walk
back to walk back to a walk back to a
All right, So I am recording from my house in Florida,
and we came down early because Brin had preseason some
preseason sports stuff and doctor and get organized. But what's
funny is I wasn't dreading coming down. I wanted to
(00:34):
get settled. There's nothing like getting settled. And it has
been so many months of like what a circle jerk,
like that house that I've talked to you about before
drown me and this sort of like all the stuff
of all the brands and all the products. And because
I never waste, I would always be like, all right,
(00:57):
give this to that person, put this there, put this
in the city, put this in the Hampton's place, put
this in the guest bathroom. Put this so someone has
extra shampoos. And then when I was moving, it was
and I'm not a hoarder at all, I'm constantly getting rid.
When I was moving, it was daunting and overwhelming, and
it was just too much accumulated stuff, even from like
my first wedding, my second wedding, and when I tell
(01:19):
you I'm no one's more organized and no one gets
rid of stuff more than I do, it still was overwhelming.
Beyond it was like affecting my mental health.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
You know.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
So I was then going to the Hampton's for the summer,
and like it had become a dumping ground for all
the stuff. You don't want to let go of something,
and you're like, well, let me just put it over there,
let me put it in that house, let me put
it in the garage, let me put in the attic.
It's for Halloween, all that stuff. So during this move
I've been pretty relentless, and at each stop people.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Will say, wait, do you want to keep this for X?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
And I'm like get it out, like, get it out,
consign it, send it to charity, put it to Pashmark,
which goes to charity.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Like get it out.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
So the whole summer has been like when I got
to my place in the Hamptons, it was like that
was like had.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
To be done there.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
You know. I have a couple of places that are
for work kind of. I have a place in the
New York City that's like an office slash place that
I shoot.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Same thing in Miami.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
So like each place, I've been just moving in circles
and putting stuff in bags and put it to here,
put it to there.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Get rid of it.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
So This was the last stop on the stuff train,
and it felt good to get in here and get settled.
And I had been so meticulous about doing so much
via text and FaceTime. My team helped me, and I
would just be like dump it, dump it, put that there,
put that there.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
There were these.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Organizers that I'll post that were so amazing because they
kind of helped me design the house exactly as I wanted.
Like the house had I picked out all the furniture
and what I wanted and the designers were amazing a
like layout and concept. But when the organizers came in,
I was just relentless about what they should get rid
(03:07):
of and put where, and put that vase there, and
like I'm pretty good at like the placement of things
and where the tray goes, where the candle goes so
it doesn't look cluttered and it's not forced, and even
to every hanging piece of clothing. And when I got
here Sunday after a destination wedding, I was concerned that
(03:29):
I would be like activated again, like getting to another
place and then not sleeping for three days, and it
was the opposite. I got here and it was probably
like an hour and a half to unpack and.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Like I didn't. I was a little activated because I
was in a new house.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
But it just felt immaculate and perfect, and I really
couldn't believe it. Like the punch list was just usually
five pages long, was like hook on the back of
door in BRIT's bathroom. Like it was nothing. And I
feel so settled. And I have a whole new team here.
I have a whole new team here. I have a
security guy who drives, which is super helpful for I travel.
(04:07):
I'm going to the airport. He does driving in security
wherever I go. I have a woman that worked with
me on my show Money Court, so I knew that
she could help me. She's strong, she's kind, she's on it,
she's great. That was like plug and play. I met
a guy who kind of is running everything. I There
(04:28):
are three different garages at this house, so I took
one two car garage, which has like the vintage car
I restored, and it has flooring and storage and desks
and air conditioning and art and like that's where everyone
sort of hangs out when I'm not here. And then
I got an office nearby, so I'm trying to make
(04:48):
it so I don't have the same life I had
in Greenwich, which is impossible anyway, because that's that was
a whole different property.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
But in the sense that I just.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Don't want I don't want like operations headquarters to be
in the center of my house, which is what it was.
So I don't want anyone upstairs in my room, and
I don't want people just like around my house is
if I don't live here, like photographing things or doing
things or putting things. Like I was like, I really
just want everybody to like I need this to be
a place of peace. And you walk in here in
(05:19):
the opposite of the house in Connecticut is when you
walked in there there it was a seventeen forty three
home and it had many different rooms and it was stunning,
and I designed it so beautifully, but like I never
knew where to be. So I think funk Shue is
(05:40):
super important in our homes people, no matter how big
or small. Because my Hampton's house was not big, but
the funk Shue was amazing. And even saying with my
city apartment, my Florida apartment, Miami apartment is amazing. So
like what I mean is in this case, when I
walked into my New York City apartment off that elevator
and Soho, which is one of my favorite homes ever.
(06:02):
You could understand the whole space you walked in and
it was like a kitchen was there, a living room
was there, like you were in the center of it.
You didn't feel like you were in some sort of
a labyrinth maze up a small staircase in a townhouse
where it's like narrow hallways but you're looking at something
like a wall when you walk in. Maybe even have
a backyard, but like you don't can't see it from inside.
(06:24):
Like you walked into that City apartment, you understood what
you were getting, and Connecticut was the opposite. You walked
into like a small mudroom, and then you walked into
another little like desk area outside a kitchen which was
very bright and windows everywhere, but the living room was
like off to the side, so you didn't feel like
you were the center of things or part of things
when you were in the living room. And I love
(06:45):
that about my Hampton's Place or my Miami place.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You walk in.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
It's why people gravitate towards a modern kitchen now like
it used to be, the kitchens were off to the
side and behind everything else like in the old days.
But why people are constantly in the kitchen is it's
like the center of the universe. And so for me
(07:17):
that's a big thing psychologically. And if you walk into
the house and you can see the outside, like my
new house which is on the beach in the Hampton's,
you walk in and it had you walked into a wall,
you had to walk upstairs to see the water.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
And I was like, this, the water is the money shot.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
So we created just a door that was glass and
it wasn't even that big because you still need to
fit like rooms on left.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Or right of it.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
But it at least said we walk in and you
know the water's right in front of you, and it
makes a big difference. Not to mention my bedroom is
to the right of it and brings us to the left,
and my bedroom doors are always open so you can
see the water. But like, it makes your space bigger.
If you could see beyond the space, you could see
outside or through a window. You could take a small
(08:03):
place and it'll feel big. It's why a small apartment
but on the water could feel twice the size of
a place, literally ten times the size literally ten times
the size. So this place in Florida is representing so
many things. You walk in and it's got massive ceilings,
light everywhere you see to the outside, it's just open
(08:24):
and fresh. And my friend points it out that people
are in their homes more ironically in a place like
Florida because it's so hot. So it's very much your
home is more important than like, I guess, your property
or something, which was interesting. So anyway, it's a beauty.
It's my most exquisite house I've ever owned. It's the
nicest property I've ever owned. And I have really beautiful places,
(08:44):
and my place in New York City was elite. This
is the nicest home I've ever owned, every inch of it. Like,
I'm so happy. But there's no clutter in there won't
be there never was, but there won't be stuff, and
it won't be the place for like headquarters. So I
just I think I'm going to get calmer, happier, less activated.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
I used to be a mess.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
If I was going away, I would have to like
go through all the stuff, get rid because I knew
when I got back it was going to be like
daunting and overwhelming. And now forget that I've told every brand,
don't send me anything nothing. But also if they do
happen to something gets through, it's going to go to
an office. So I just feel calmer, like super calm. Okay,
(09:31):
let's just discuss what's going on this summer.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Now.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
One would say I'm partially to blame. I've contributed to this.
I've posted about and made famous chicken salad at this
one place in the Hamptons, and the item that I
mentioned before was good, but not as good as like
everyone's making it. But I remember going to Nantucket the
last couple of years and finding it a bit insufferable
(09:55):
in the town. Like in the town, it's suffocating on
a weekend, and most people are there on a weekend.
And so now wealthy people have bought homes in a
place where they are prisoners in their own homes because
they could barely walk around their own town. They could
do it, I guess a little more during the week
it's easier, but in months like July and August, which
(10:15):
in a place like Nantucket are critical because it's the
only time you can even fathom swimming, notwithstanding sharks. So
you have very wealthy people living in places like that
and it's packed to the rafters and you can't even
like do anything right. Traffic and people.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Okay, Hampton's same thing.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Sag Harbor used to be like the provincial cute town
on the water that had the kite store and little
places and then a coffee place, and it was like
a fine a treasure. Now sag Harbor has commercial stores.
It's universal studios. You need like a ticket for a turnstock.
I won't go into sag Harbor unless I have to,
(10:58):
And it's just a different crowd. It's just very like
bossy and complainy and loud and listen to who's talking.
But I honestly it's another level getting into the Hampton's.
The first Hampton is West Hampton. It's the closest to
New York City. There's a big town there too. It
is There are a lot of people from Long Island
(11:19):
that are in West Hampton, and it's got its own
version of like pushiness and people can be a lot,
but the town is adorable and it's an hour and
a half from the city. So now what happens is
you go from West Hampton there are some smaller towns
and there's the Hampton Bays which is more year round.
But you go West Hampton, Southampton and then Bridge Hampton,
(11:39):
then East Hampton, then Amagan's at the Montalk.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
Going out all the way, and.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
That means if you get to West Hampton, it's an
hour and a half from the city without traffic. Montalk
is like three hours from the city without traffic, so
with traffic it could be five hours to get to Montalk.
Point I'm making is these are towns on the ocean.
They have beautiful homes, they have great restaurants. Montalk or Amagansett,
(12:08):
which is another hour once you've come in, and one
would say that it's more exclusive. That is absolute fake
news because Montalk is anything but exclusive. Montalk has become Coachella.
So sag Harbor is like right in the middle of
all that, in between all of that. Sag Harbor's not
in the ocean, so I didn't bring it up as
one of those towns, but it's off, you know, towards
(12:29):
the Bay. So sag Harbor, though, is central between like Montalk.
Let's say in West Hampton and it's a fucking zoo.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
So I live closer to the city. I moved.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
I used to be in Bridge Hampton, and people were like, well, wait,
don't you want to be in the middle of it all?
And after this summer in particular, the answer is, hell, no,
I don't want to be in the middle of it
all at all. And I found that Bridge Hampton was
it's a half hour further than Southampton. Again, why wouldn't
(13:01):
you rather be close to the city. You still have beachfront,
you still have great restaurants. Why wouldn't you want easy
access to go to the city, to go to airports.
I'm getting to something here. Wealthy people have bought in
places like Nantucket and the Hampton's okay, Nantucket because it's
difficult to get to like a Saint Barts, you have
to take a ferry, so theoretically it's supposed to be exclusive.
(13:23):
Nantucket is no longer exclusive, So now all the way
east is supposed to be like you're going further out
and so therefore it's like more bougie and more exclusive.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
It's not. And there's nothing.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
You couldn't give me a house for free and I'm
against it, or East Hampton you couldn't. I don't want
to be in Bridge Hampton now because it's too far.
So what I'm getting at is wealthy people are nothing
if not smart and savvy. This is going to affect
the real estate market. I've been predicting this for like
ten years because I've seen the traffic progressively get worse
(13:59):
every year, and we all, I'll complain about the traffic
every year, and we talk about how bad it is.
This is by far the worst year in Nantucket and
here by far, to the point where my own friends
are like, I try to get to sag Harbortown twice,
had to turn the car around, even with back roads, like.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
You literally have all clogged arteries.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
There are rich people that fly out there on planes,
but they can't fly to the store on a plane,
and many of them have staff, and yet they're gonna
so they're gonna stay at home. But like people do
want to go see something, buy something, eat something, try something,
experience something, have kids that want to do something, eat something,
try something. Rich people are gonna be like fuck this,
I'm fed up, and they're gonna want to go towards quiet,
(14:44):
which is why, in the history of my having a
home in the Hamptons, I've never not been glued to
the Hamptons every second that I'm not working or that
I can be there, Like I'm never choosing to be
in New York City or anywhere else when I can
be the Hamptons.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
I've never done that.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Right now, I was in the Hamptons all summer, and
Florida is the hottest place in the world. I chose
to come down here to my house early because I
(15:23):
was like, the vibe isn't vibing, The Hamptons aren't hamptoning,
Nantucket isn't nantucketing, you know, and like people are chiming
in and saying tahoes like that too, means like that too.
I think the pandemic started people moving out of cities
and made these other places more desirable. But I think
that social media has like glamorized the Hamptons Nantucket and
(15:46):
honestly made them look for people watching, like everyone's partying
in Nantucket and the Hamptons.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
It's really not.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Nantucket is a boring place like Nantucket, way more boring
than the Hamptons. There is like literally nothing to do.
I mean, yes, there's water you can you can't really
surf because of the sharks, but so there's you could
be on a boat. There are a couple of restaurants,
you could bike ride. It's very provincial. It's very like
Nantucket baskets. It's people going there and like cosplaying waspy
(16:16):
like plaid and that type of stuff. But it's boring,
like you're two days and done, like you did it.
And if you're a creature of habit and you live
out there, you're seeing the same people every day. It's
sort of like it's good for young kids because they're
used to seeing the same people at school every day.
It's like camp. It's good for like college students, high
school students. They're gonna see the same people every day,
but they even get bored of it too. Like my
(16:37):
daughter was there and she was like, yeah, it was great,
but like you see the same thing, You do the
same thing every day, go to the same ice cream store.
So I think social media has like glamorized and glorified
what these places are, and everybody else is going there
just like take a picture with the thing, or you're welcome,
take a picture of a viral food. But it's just
(17:02):
there's been a shift, and I think there's gonna be
a real estate shift. I think there's gonna be a
deswelling of those places. I think more charming, cute, spread
out towns that are near something interesting are going to
get popular. And I think there are gonna be other
places that are gonna get built up and be more
popular because the whole world just can't go to twenty
(17:24):
five viral hip destinations. Okay, so people, I don't know
where I am in, And just like that, I did
not know. I didn't know that there were two more
seasons of Hacks. I didn't know that I missed a
season of and just like that, like sometimes you watch
and you think you're done and then you realize another
(17:45):
season has come. Okay, so here's why I like And
just like that, even though I am the only person
who likes it, I like it because they're going through
some issues that are totally relatable. Eight inch sheets on Carrie,
and like she kind of understands because she's an adult,
she's been through life. A twenty five year old, a
thirty five year old wouldn't understand. She kind of understands
(18:07):
why he went back and slept with his ex wife
because she understands that she's right now sleeping with her
ex boyfriend. And like it's just like they're older, so
they understand constructs differently, like she understands she can tolerate
a long distance situation like that. So far, it's completely unrealistic.
It makes no sense whatsoever. And it's a joke that
like they would have a long distance relationship she and Aiden,
(18:30):
but like they're not speaking until they're supposed to speak
because he has to deal with his son. Like they're together,
but they're not speaking. It's bizarre, Like it's okay if
you're a part a lot because he used to be
the sun. But they're supposed to be fully together and
they're gonna wait till they can live together for five years,
but they're not gonna speak in the meantime. What but
they're together, And he then says to her he thought
they were being monogamous. They're gonna be monogamous for five years.
(18:52):
It's just like all over it's very stupid. They're trying
to force modern things and it's insane. So Aiden also
was like ere like a donkey, like like it's like
she would never be with him. She didn't like him
for the pair ring years ago, but like now she's
Carrie Bradshaw. And even though the show had a line
(19:13):
about me, which was an insult by Sema. I still
I'm gonna support them, and actually like Seema's character, but
like the aiding characters, like like he's like Goofy at Disneyland,
Like she would never be into him, Like what are
you doing? Like stop this now? It like literally screams settling.
(19:35):
My husband died. I gotta grab the next person on
the earth that's the only other man that ever lived,
the man that I dated twenty years ago, Like get
the fuck out of here. I get it, but because
I've done it. But it's just like he's like more Goofy.
He's like a Lumberjack meets Goofy, Like she would not
be attracted to that. All of a sudden, she's gonna
want to live in like the sticks. It's just like,
please stop. So the show is stupid, but I like it,
(19:56):
if that makes any sense. Walk back to a walk
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